(AMERICAN INDIANS) Thomas McKenney and James Hall History of

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Sale 2708 - Lot 3

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Thomas McKenney and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, plus an illustrated frontispiece plate reading "Dedication to the Memory of Washington." Large 8vo, matched contemporary ½ morocco over marbled boards, joints rubbed, minor wear; later bookplates on front pastedowns. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848, 1849; and D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1854

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First octavo edition of Volumes I and II, completed with the second octavo edition of Volume III. Provenance: signature of George P. Prescott on one flyleaf; illustrated bookplates of New York sugar refinery heir Henry Osborne Havemeyer Jr. (1903-1992); purchased by the consignor's grandfather in the late twentieth century.

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